The data published are distributed along with the ESSD manuscript entitled 
"LUCAS Copernicus 2018: Earth Observation relevant in-situ data on land cover and use throughout the European Union"
by Raphaël d’Andrimont, Astrid Verhegghen, Michele Meroni, Guido Lemoine, Peter Strobl, Beatrice Eiselt, 
   Momchil Yordanov, Laura Martinez-Sanchez and Marijn van der Velde.

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The repository contains the following files:


	LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_ReadMe.txt : short description of the data repository
	LUCAS_2018_Copernicus.zip : compressed files containing the dataset
		LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_attributes.csv : CSV containing the 120 variables including the "POINT_ID" 
		LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_polygons.shp : Shapefile of polygons with the "POINT_ID" attribute
		LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_polygons.dbf    
		LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_polygons.shx
		LUCAS_2018_Copernicus_polygons.prj

	ESSD_create_LUCAS_polygons.Rmd : R markdown script used to generate the data
	ESSD_manuscript_Tables_and_Figures.Rmd : R markdown script used to generate the figures and tables of the manuscript 

Usage note:

To use the data, the attribute "POINT_ID" should be used to join the attribute table of the shapefile and the csv table. 
While the Copernicus related level-2 LC could be used for every polygon, the level-3 LC and LU, along with other LUCAS 
core information, should be used only for polygons with  "COPERNICUS_CLEANED" as "TRUE" as described in the data section
of the manuscript. For a description of the variable see: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/LUCAS/LUCAS_harmonised/3_supporting/lucas_harmo_record_descriptor.xls

There are 120 attributes provided (see the details in the publication) :
	POINT_ID
	ID
	YEAR
	NUTS0
	NUTS1
	NUTS2
	NUTS3
	TH_LAT
	TH_LONG
	OFFICE_PI
	EX_ANTE
	SURVEY_DATE
	CAR_LATITUDE
	CAR_EW
	CAR_LONGITUDE
	GPS_PROJ
	GPS_PREC
	GPS_ALTITUDE
	GPS_LAT
	GPS_EW
	GPS_LONG
	OBS_DIST
	OBS_DIRECT
	OBS_TYPE
	OBS_RADIUS
	LETTER_GROUP
	LC1
	LC1_LABEL
	LC1_SPEC
	LC1_SPEC_LABEL
	LC1_PERC
	LC2
	LC2_LABEL
	LC2_SPEC
	LC2_SPEC_LABEL
	LC2_PERC
	LU1
	LU1_LABEL
	LU1_TYPE
	LU1_TYPE_LABEL
	LU1_PERC
	LU2
	LU2_LABEL
	LU2_TYPE
	LU2_TYPE_LABEL
	LU2_PERC
	PARCEL_AREA_HA
	TREE_HEIGHT_MATURITY
	TREE_HEIGHT_SURVEY
	FEATURE_WIDTH
	LM_STONE_WALLS
	CROP_RESIDUES
	LM_GRASS_MARGINS
	GRAZING
	SPECIAL_STATUS
	LC_LU_SPECIAL_REMARK
	CPRN_CANDO
	CPRN_LC
	CPRN_LC_LABEL
	CPRN_LC1N
	CPRNC_LC1E
	CPRNC_LC1S
	CPRNC_LC1W
	CPRN_LC1N_BRDTH
	CPRN_LC1E_BRDTH
	CPRN_LC1S_BRDTH
	CPRN_LC1W_BRDTH
	CPRN_LC1N_NEXT
	CPRN_LC1S_NEXT
	CPRN_LC1E_NEXT
	CPRN_LC1W_NEXT
	CPRN_URBAN
	CPRN_IMPERVIOUS_PERC
	INSPIRE_PLCC1
	INSPIRE_PLCC2
	INSPIRE_PLCC3
	INSPIRE_PLCC4
	INSPIRE_PLCC5
	INSPIRE_PLCC6
	INSPIRE_PLCC7
	INSPIRE_PLCC8
	EUNIS_COMPLEX
	GRASSLAND_SAMPLE
	GRASS_CANDO
	WM
	WM_SOURCE
	WM_TYPE
	WM_DELIVERY
	EROSION_CANDO
	SOIL_STONES_PERC
	BIO_SAMPLE
	SOIL_BIO_TAKEN
	BULK0_10_SAMPLE
	SOIL_BLK_0_10_TAKEN
	BULK10_20_SAMPLE
	SOIL_BLK_10_20_TAKEN
	BULK20_30_SAMPLE
	SOIL_BLK_20_30_TAKEN
	STANDARD_SAMPLE
	SOIL_STD_TAKEN
	ORGANIC_SAMPLE
	SOIL_ORG_DEPTH_CANDO
	SOIL_TAKEN
	SOIL_CROP
	PHOTO_POINT
	PHOTO_NORTH
	PHOTO_SOUTH
	PHOTO_EAST
	PHOTO_WEST
	TRANSECT
	REVISIT
	TH_GPS_DIST
	FILE_PATH_GISCO_NORTH
	FILE_PATH_GISCO_SOUTH
	FILE_PATH_GISCO_EAST
	FILE_PATH_GISCO_WEST
	FILE_PATH_GISCO_POINT
	CPRN_LC_SAME_LC1
	LUCAS_CORE_INTERSECT
	COPERNICUS_CLEANED